{"product_id":"long-haul-a-truckers-tales-of-life-on-the-road-1","title":"Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLong Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFinn Murphy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780393608717\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he's covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Known by his trucker handle as U-Turn, he spends his days (and many of his nights) in a 53-foot eighteen-wheeler he calls Cassidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Long Haul\u003c\/em\u003e, Murphy offers a trucker's-eye view of America on the move. Going far beyond the myth of the American road trip, he whisks readers down the I-95 Powerlane, across the Florida Everglades, in and out of the truck stops of the Midwest, and through the steep grades of the Rocky Mountains. As he crisscrosses the country, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades, from the hollowing-out of small towns to changing tastes in culture and home furnishings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome 40 million Americans move each year, and very few have any idea what they're getting into or the kind of person to whom they are relinquishing their worldly goods. \u003cem\u003eThe Long Haul\u003c\/em\u003e is also a behind-the-scenes look at the moving industry, revealing what really happens when we call in \"the movers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough it all, Murphy tells poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job: a feisty hoarder in New Hampshire; a Virginia homeowner raging when Murphy's truck accidentally runs down a stand of trees; an ex-banker in Colorado who treats Finn and his crew with undisguised contempt; a widow who needs Murphy to bring her archeologist husband's remains and relics to a Navajo burial ceremony in New Mexico. These experiences inspire Finn's memorable reflections on work, class, and the bonds we form with the things we own and the places we live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrimming with personality and filled with great characters, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Haul\u003c\/em\u003e is a resonant portrait of the enduring appeal of manual labor in the dark underbelly of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road | Finn Murphy | Hardcover | 9780393608717 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks E 1784043","offer_id":67622976094360,"sku":"1784043","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71kQGsqOcpL.jpg?v=1790957420","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/long-haul-a-truckers-tales-of-life-on-the-road-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}